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The Most Infamous Karens Of 2023

The Most Infamous Karens Of 2023

From Citi Bike Karen to Disneyland Karen, the year was ripe with entitled ass white women.

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2023, like every other year, had its fair share of Karens. From Citi Bike Karen to MAGA Karen to Postal Karen, here are the most infamous white women who caused racist spectacles this year.

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Disneyland Karen

Disneyland Karen

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This Karen verbally assaulted a mother, Eva Ramirez, in a Disneyland bathroom earlier this month. She screamed “I hate Mexicans” after allegedly hearing Ramirez and her two-year-old son speak Spanish to each other. Yes—we’re disgusted too.

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Postal Karen

Postal Karen

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In August, a white woman in Kirkwood, Missouri reportedly got herself kicked out of a post office after acting a damn fool and took it out on a Black woman employee. “You’re not equal!” she said before adding “Goddamn f**king step on white people.”

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Portland Karen

Portland Karen

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Last month, Janee Jewell Plummer allegedly punched a Black security guard multiple times, spit in his face, and called him the N-word after he tried to stop her from stealing. She was charged with two counts of bias crime, two counts of harassment, and a third-degree theft and robbery.

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Santa Barbara Karen

Santa Barbara Karen

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Jeanne Umana, 74, was charged with misdemeanor battery and misdemeanor trespassing in connection to a disturbing September incident. In a TikTok video, Umana is seen approaching Luis Cervantes, who was doing construction at a neighboring home. “I’m American, you’re a Tijuanan” she said to the man.

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Pool Party Karen

Pool Party Karen

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On July 4th weekend, a video went viral of a white woman in a Lakewood, Colorado apartment complex harassing a Latino family. Blair Featherman apologized for her racist behavior, in which she told the family “You have a f**king Mexican party in a pool. Trash.”

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Citi Bike Karen

Citi Bike Karen

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Sarah Jane Comrie, a nurse at Bellevue Hospital, was seen on video crying white women tears and screaming for help claiming that a Black teen was hurting her over a Citi Bike. She also had a friend call 911 because the boy was trying to check out a bike she stated was hers. The moment went viral and even though Comrie got called out she still raised thousands of dollars via GoFundMe.

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Blackface Karen

Blackface Karen

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In a clip obtained by TMZ, a woman identified as Ersilia Campbell interrupted the peaceful shoppers of an Aurora Target while wearing brown makeup on her face. When called out about her blackface, Campbell’s response was: “Yea, well Lester Holt did ‘whiteface’ and nobody said sh*t.”

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Utah Karen

Utah Karen

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Kathryn Smith, a Karen hailing from Utah, verbally and physically assaulted a Black mother, Cecillee Cummings, and her nine-year-old son. Earlier this month, Smith was arrested on multiple outstanding warrants including disorderly conduct, property damage, and assault.

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Casino Karen

Casino Karen

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Over the summer, a white couple verbally attacked a Black man in a casino identified as Devon Leslie Jr. “Stop being a little b**ch you f***ing ni***r.” Leslie caught the entire exchange on camera and posted it on social media.

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MAGA Karen

MAGA Karen

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Earlier this year, Abigail Jo Shry called the federal courthouse and left a racist threat to Judge Tanya Chutkan, the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case. “You are in our sights, we want to kill you. If Trump doesn’t get elected in 2024, we are coming to kill you,” Shry said on the recording. Investigators quickly found and arrested her.

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Snow Shoveling Karen

Snow Shoveling Karen

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Two Black men in Illinois who were minding their business and shoveling snow when they met a disgruntled white lady. She called the police and said they were harassing her even though they offered to shoveled for free. The cops were baffled but ultimately told them to leave her property alone.

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Coca-Cola Karen

Coca-Cola Karen

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Kim Jennings, the manager of a North Carolina apartment complex, was seen on surveillance camera dousing a bottle of Coke on a little Black boy and hitting him in the head with it several times. She was charged with two counts of assault on a child.

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Airplane Karen

Airplane Karen

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Tiffany Gomas went viral over the summer for making a scene while voluntarily de-boarding a plane. The public believed that she was drunk while she shouted: “I don’t give two f**ks but I’m telling you right now, that motherf****r back there is not real!”

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